Synagogue (Pakruojis)
The synagogue in Pakruojis , a town in the Kaunas district in Lithuania , was built in 1801 and renovated in 1895. The profaned synagogue on Kranto-Straße is a protected cultural monument .
Together with another wooden synagogue and a Shtibl , also made of wood, it formed the Shulhoyf ; the ensemble survived two fires in the 19th century. The German occupiers detained the Jewish population on the site (July 1941), from where they were brought to Morkakalnis and murdered there. The building ensemble still existed in the post-war period, the Shtibl was demolished in 1970, and the second synagogue before 1997. After being vacant until 1954, the building was used as a cinema until 1971, then a gymnasium, shop and was finally empty again.
After a fire in 2009, the wooden building was renovated in 2014. The reopening took place in May 2017 in the presence of the Israeli ambassador and other dignitaries.
It is an early classical wooden building with a mansard roof. The vestibule with the winter synagogue lies in the northwest, above it, slightly protruding and supported by two wooden Doric columns, the women's gallery. The barrel vault was painted (around 1895). Details of the Torah shrine, bima and lamps are documented through historical photographs.
literature
- Art. Pakruojis in: Aliza Cohen-Mushlin, Sergey Kravtsov, Vladimir Levin, Giedrė Mickūnaitė, Jurgita Šiaučiūnaitė-Verbickienė (eds.): Synagogues in Lithuania A – M: A catalog . Vilnius Academy of Arts Press, Vilnius 2010, p. 9 ff.
Web links
- The Center for Jewish Art (with many photos)
- Description at kehilalinks.jewishgen.org (with many old photos)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lithuania: Restored wooden synagogue in Pakruojis reopens . Jewish Heritage Europe, May 23, 2017, accessed February 28, 2019
Coordinates: 55 ° 58 ′ 45.1 ″ N , 23 ° 50 ′ 59.4 ″ E